Tenshi No Yuwaku Sweet Potato Shochu (BTL 700ml)

A highly prized shochu aged in sherry barrels, and made with sweet potatoes and white koji. This shochu has a thick and creamy texture and shares brandy and sherry characteristics, while retaining all the richness of sweet potato genshu. Get notes of raisins, dried apriocots, and a hint of cocoa. The name Tenshi no Yuwaku (Angel's Temptation) is a reference to the "Angel's Share."

What is the "Angel's Share", you ask? Merriam-Webster defines the phrase as: "The amount of an alcoholic spirit that is lost to evaporation when the liquid is being aged in porous barrels."

Features:

• Distilled in Kagoshima, Japan by Nishi Shuzo
• Distilled from 83% koganesengan imo (sweet potato) and 17% kome koji (rice koji)
• ABV 40% / Koji: White (rice) / Distillation: Atmospheric
• Barrels: Oak and Sherry casks
  
• Aged: 10 years
• 25.3 fl oz (750ml)